Monday, August 29, 2011

It's about time for a knock off

Don't you think? It's been awhile. I think my last knock off was my Anthro inspired bow purse? Any who, I first would like to say Happy Birthday to myself! Yay! I turned 29 yesterday. It's officially my last year in my twenties. I had an awesome day, in case you were wondering :)

On to the knock off, I went to Pottery Barn the other day with a friend and saw these:

At which point I was like "hey I could totally re-make this" and my friend was like "yeah easy peasy". Then I saw these oversized hangers online PB and I was like "hey I could totally re-make these too!"

And that my friends is how an idea is born or borrowed because it really was Pottery Barns idea first, to be fair in all.

So I took some frames I had sitting in a closet and got myself a yard of burlap (really didn't need that much, but burlap never goes to waste in this house). Then I whipped out some mod podge and my handy scissors.

Luckily this frame had a mat already in it, so I used it as a template to cut out the burlap:

I then applied mod podge and layed burlap on top:

I trimmed the edges with scissors and cut out the center piece with a razor. I also applied mod podge to the edges to hold it down better.

There you have it:

Now for hanging it, I found this lovely at Hobby Lobby 50% off for 2.99 a piece!

I first drilled a screw in the wall that was the same diameter as the pull. Then I just twisted in the pull by hand in that same hole I drilled. I attached the ribbon to the two brackets on the back that were meant to hang the picture.

What an easy knock off! I saved some money too! Those burlap matted frames in an 5x7 are $34.00 a piece and the hangers are $24.00 a piece. I love my version just as much. Thank you once again Pottery Barn for your wonderful inspiration. You know I love you :)

Michelle

ps don't mind the empty frames underneath my knock offs. I haven't decided what to put in those yet